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Monday, September 23, 2013

Fantastic Fall: Pear, Sweet Potato and Fig Crisp

Because thinking outside the box pays off. [At least I hope it will!]

This week's recipe contest theme at Better Recipes is "Best Crisp or Cobbler Ever." Now, if you follow my blog regularly, you will note that I don't have many dessert recipes on here. Why? you ask. Because... science. Specifically chemistry. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm a smart girl. I passed all of my college chemistry classes. But that doesn't mean I get it. I'm just really good at following directions. Which is why I usually stick to following other people's dessert recipes rather than create my own. [OK, so maybe I'm afraid of failure. Don't judge me!!] Baking requires chemical reactions between the baking soda and salt and sugar and other stuff (maybe pixie dust and unicorn hair???). I don't know. It's too complicated for me.

However, I can totally handle making a fruit crisp. I mean, really, you only need fruit and oatmeal and stuff, right? So yeah, I read about 1,000 crisp recipes online and in cookbooks to get an idea of what I needed to do. But I did it!!! I came up with a magical, fall-ish, unique dessert that made my kitchen smell like love and tasted like unicorns prancing over rainbows! [what???] I was going for a one-of-a-kind combination of fruit, and I think (in my humble opinion) that I really knocked it out of the park. (Really, Deanna? Really? You just used a baseball reference? Who are you???)

What I'm trying to say is, get creative with your crisp! You aren't limited to just apples or berries or cherries. The sweet potato-pear-fig combo was inspired by my desire to use classic- yet under-appreciated- fall produce. And I'm quite pleased with the results. I submitted this recipe to the contest and will be your friend forever if you hop over there and vote for me. Thanks, friends!